Municipal Solid Waste Knowledge Platform

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition's Municipal Solid Waste Initiative, supported by Gevalor, held an invite-only workshop on reducing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) from the solid waste sector for 10 cities of African Francophone Countries.  This event took place in the conference room of the SONGHAI Center, Porto Novo, Benin, on February 26-28, 2018.The objectives of this workshop were:To analyze the productions of the various participants resulting from the SWEET toolIdentify climate priorities for each participating cityAnalyze climate pollutant emissions / and emissions per capitaDesign a climate action plan for each of the citiesAnalyze the emissions generated through an alternative scenario according to the climate action plan set by each cityArm cities to use their climate action plan with their technical and financial partners or for financial research to ensure implementationCapitalize on new experiences, and evolution of each city in the reduction of climate pollutantsThe workshop was attended by representatives of cities of  Dakar (Senegal), Sikasso (Mali), San Pedro (Ivory Coast), Porto Novo (Benin), Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso), Douala (Cameroon), Butembo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Lomé (Togo), and Agadir (Morocco).AgendaDay 1: February 26, 2018Opening remarks by the organizers: Municipality of Porto-Novo (through the representative of the decentralized cooperation service) and Gevalor through its local representativeOfficial opening by the Mayor of the Municipality of Porto-NovoPresentation of the city assessment of the municipality of AgadirGroup work session on the identification of climate priorities for each city, summarizing the results of the city assessment and SWEET.Comparative analysis of pollutant emissions in each territory (TeqCO2 / Hab.)Day 2: February 27, 2018Realization of a Climate Action Plan: Priorities / Objectives / Means to be implemented and need / Results and deadlinesUsing the SWEET tool to analyze the reduction of SLCPs emissions thanks to the Action Plan => definition of a general climate objectiveAssessment of the implementation prospects according to the territoriesOpen discussions on the continuation of the West African network of citiesDay 3: February 28, 2018Conclusion on trainingVisit of the Valdera center in CotonouVisit of the regrouping points with sorting initiatives as part of the FICOL AFD project 

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition's Municipal Solid Waste Initiative, supported by Gevalor, held an invite-only workshop on reducing short-lived climate pollutant(SLCPs) from the solid waste sector for nine cities of African Francophone Countries.  This event took place in the conference room of the Maison de la Presse, Dakar, Senegal, on October 23 -25, 2017. The objective of this workshop was to train the city representatives to evaluate short-lived climate pollutants emissions from the waste management on their territories. The workshop was attended by representatives of cities of  Dakar (Senegal), Sikasso (Mali), San Pedro (Ivory Coast), Porto-Novo (Benin), Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso), Douala (Cameroon), Butembo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Antananarivo (Madagascar), and Lomé (Togo).AgendaDay 1: October 23, 2017Attendance to the International Conference of the Re-Sources PlatformDay 2: October 24, 2017Welcome and program presentation of the second workshop (8h30-9h)Administrative point (9h-9h45)City Assessments (9h45 to 16h)Presentation of the SWEET tool (16h-17h)An intervention of a representative of the air quality management center of Senegal (17h-17h30)Broadcasting of the report of the Antananarivo landfill (17h30-18h)Day 3: October 25, 2017Participation in the International Re-Sources Conference (8h30-11h)Design and size a composting platformMeasure the performance of a composting platformAgricultural demonstration plots in Lomé and Dschang areaComposting prisons in MauritiusMicro-methanisation slaughterhouse waste in LoméPractical training for getting started with SWEET (11h-16h30)Planning between Workshop 2 and Workshop 3 (16h30-16h45)Feedback from participants on the second workshop and exchange time (16h45-17h)Tour de table on the perspectives of intervention (17h-17h30)

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition's Municipal Solid Waste Initiative, supported by Gevalor, held an invite-only workshop on reducing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) from the solid waste sector for 10 cities of African Francophone Countries.  This event took place at the Hotel Excellence in Lomé, Togo, on July 5 - 7, 2017. The objective of this activity was to introduce the CCAC Waste Initiative approach to the 10 cities, to develop the concepts and issues related to climate pollutants within the waste sector, and to introduce the city assessment that will have to be carried out by the 10 cities. The event included technical training on SLCPs from the waste sector and the city assessment tool, as well as shared experiences from the city of Lome on their work with the Waste Initiative. The workshop was attended by representatives of cities of  Dakar, Sikasso, San Pedro, Porto-Novo, Ouagadougou, Yaounde and Douala, Butembo, Antananarivo, and Lomé.  Speaker presentations from the event as well as the Agenda are linked on the right-hand side of the page.